star-telegram.com
DALLAS, Texas -- Gov. Rick Perry today told members of an influential Hispanic organization that building a fence between El Paso and Brownsville is "absolutely not the answer" to the immigration problem.
Perry’s comments before the Greater Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce came less than two weeks after he told reporters in Austin that "there is some strategic fencing that we support. ... that you can use strategic fencing to help control the flow of illegal activities."
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Perry added that officials must not "demonize those with Latino heritage who are law-abiding members of our community."
"We want to make sure that the good guys get in and the bad guys stay out."
"We want to make sure that the good guys get in
That is what official border crossings are for.
and the bad guys stay out."
That is what fences and walls are for.
Posted by tyne at February 11, 2008